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  Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

  by Dai Sijie

  Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is an enchanting tale that captures the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening. An immediate international bestseller, it tells the story of two hapless city boys exiled to a remote mountain village for re-education during China’s infamous Cultural Revolution. There the two friends meet the daughter of the local tailor and discover a hidden stash of Western... (more)
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  Ladies of Liberty: Book 2

  A Lady of Hidden Intent

  by Tracie Peterson

  At the cost of her own dream, a woman seeks to clear her falsely accused father. This book is second in the series "Ladies of Liberty."
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  Once Upon a Time

  The Crimson Thread

  A Retelling of Rumpelstiltskin

  by Suzanne Weyn

  "Once upon a Time" Is Timeless The year is 1880, and Bertie, having just arrived in New York with her family, is grateful to be given work as a seamstress in the home of textile tycoon J. P. Wellington. When the Wellington family fortune is threatened, Bertie's father boasts that Bertie will save the business, that she is so skillful she can "practically spin straw into gold." Amazingly, in the course of one... (more)
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  Runaway Brides: Book 2

  Rogue In My Arms

  by Celeste Bradley

  When Sir Colin Lambert learns that the little girl left on the steps of his gentleman’s club belongs to one of its members, he’s filled with hope. Could Melody be the daughter of the beautiful, impulsive actress who broke his heart? Colin is determined to find out with the help of his lost love’s former seamstress, Miss Prudence Filby. But soon, Pru’s disarming manner and seductive voice are stirring all manner of... (more)
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  The Rose Prince

  by Bethany Dean

  "The rescuer needs rescuing if you think that you can."When Jayne finds a rose, it reveals a horrible prophecy about a cursed prince which forces her into a world of witches, talking toads and apocalyptic horsemen. Armed with a host of bizarre characters, an axe called Alan and her own Common Sense, forsaking the possibility that she may not be loved in return, Jayne is faced with a question she never... (more)
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  Cassie's Wedding Dress

  by Clare Revell

  Steeplechase jockey Cassie Hinton's dream was to walk down the aisle in her medieval wedding gown to become Mrs. Jack Chambers. Injured in the Grand National, she returns home...only to find Jack is now the Pastor of her parent's church. Jack Chambers, now a widower and single parent, still has feelings for Cassie, but she sees him as nothing more than a pastor. Even if he could change her mind, there is still... (more)
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  Triangle

  The Fire That Changed America

  by Dave Von Drehle

  On a beautiful spring day, March 25, 1911, workers were preparing to leave the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village when a fire started. Within minutes it consumed the building's upper three stories. Firemen who arrived at the scene were unable to rescue those trapped inside. The final toll was 146—123 of them women. It was the worst disaster in New York City history until September 11,... (more)
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  The Works Of E.P. Roe

  He fell in love with his wife (The Works of E.P. Roe)

  by Edward P. Roe

  Reverend Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888) was an American novelist born in Moodna, Orange County, New York. He studied at Williams College and at Auburn Theological Seminary. In 1862 he became chaplain of the Second New York Cavalry, U.S. V., and in 1864 chaplain of Hampton Hospital in Virginia. In 1866-74 he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Highland Falls, New York. In 1874 he moved to... (more)
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  My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House

  Author served as maid in the Executive Mansion from Taft to Eisenhower administrations. Contains antedotes of Presidents, First Ladies, their friends, family, and visitors.
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  The Brave Little Seamstress

  by Mary Pope Osborne

  "Goodness!" the little seamstress said. "I've killed seven flies with one blow." And to mark the event, she took out her favorite coat and stitched on the back: SEVEN WITH ONE BLOW! Proud of her amazing feat, the brave little seamstress sets off to tell the world. It's not her fault if, along the way, a giant sees her coat and thinks she slayed seven giants, now is it? Based on the classic fairy tale... (more)
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  Divas of Damascus Road

  by Michelle Stimpson

  The title of this thought-provoking book makes reference to the Damascus Road experience of Saul (Paul) of the Bible whose encounter with God on that road turned his life around If it were not for the wedding of her favourite aunt, Gloria, Diane would never have returned to Dentonville, Texas. She has been gone for 20 years but the devastation of growing up with a drug addicted and mentally ill mother still... (more)
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  Ella's Big Chance

  A Jazz-Age Cinderella

  by Shirley Hughes

  The classic story of Cinderella gains even more charm in this glamorous retelling by world-famous picture book writer and illustrator Shirley Hughes. Ella Cinders loves helping her father in his dress shop and laughing with her friend Buttons, the store's delivery boy. Then comes the terrible day when her father remarries and everything changes. Her stepmother makes her sew in the dreary basement. Her... (more)
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  Intimate Apparel

  by Lynn Nottage

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  Touch of Magic

  by Betty Cavanna

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  High-Fashion Sewing Secrets from the World's Best Designers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Sewing Stylish Seams, Buttonholes, Pockets, Collars, Hems, and More (Rodale Sewing Book)

  by Claire B. Shaeffer

  Internationally known sewing expert Claire Schaeffer reveals the secrets of high-fashion legends such as Geoffrey Beene, Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Liz Claiborne, and Calvin Klein. Claire's illustrated, step-by-step instructions let you duplicate the design details made famous in expensive ready-to-wear. Plus, Claire's timesaving patternmaking and copying methods can be used to create... (more)